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<img align="left" src="ProcessHacker/resources/ProcessHacker.png" width="128" height="128">

## Process Hacker
## System Informer

A free, powerful, multi-purpose tool that helps you monitor system resources, debug software and detect malware.
A free, powerful, multi-purpose tool that helps you monitor system resources, debug software and detect malware. Brought to you by Winsider Seminars & Solutions, Inc.

[Project Website](https://processhacker.sourceforge.io/) - [Project Downloads](https://processhacker.sourceforge.io/downloads.php)
[Project Website](https://systeminformer.sourceforge.io/) - [Project Downloads](https://systeminformer.sourceforge.io/downloads.php)

## System requirements

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## Enhancements/Bugs


Please use the [GitHub issue tracker](https://github.com/processhacker2/processhacker/issues)
Please use the [GitHub issue tracker](https://github.com/winsiderss/systeminformer/issues)
for reporting problems or suggesting new features.


## Settings

If you are running Process Hacker from a USB drive, you may want to
save Process Hacker's settings there as well. To do this, create a
blank file named "ProcessHacker.exe.settings.xml" in the same
directory as ProcessHacker.exe. You can do this using Windows Explorer:
If you are running System Informer from a USB drive, you may want to
save System Informer's settings there as well. To do this, create a
blank file named "SystemInformer.exe.settings.xml" in the same
directory as SystemInformer.exe. You can do this using Windows Explorer:

1. Make sure "Hide extensions for known file types" is unticked in
Tools > Folder options > View.
2. Right-click in the folder and choose New > Text Document.
3. Rename the file to ProcessHacker.exe.settings.xml (delete the ".txt"
3. Rename the file to SystemInformer.exe.settings.xml (delete the ".txt"
extension).

## Plugins

Plugins can be configured from Hacker > Plugins.
Plugins can be configured from Informer > Plugins.

If you experience any crashes involving plugins, make sure they
are up to date.

Disk and Network information provided by the ExtendedTools plugin is
only available when running Process Hacker with administrative
only available when running System Informer with administrative
rights.

## KProcessHacker

Process Hacker uses a kernel-mode driver, KProcessHacker, to
System Informer uses a kernel-mode driver, KSystemInformer, to
assist with certain functionality. This includes:

* Capturing kernel-mode stack traces
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* Retrieving names for EtwRegistration objects
* Setting handle attributes

Note that by default, KProcessHacker only allows connections from
processes with administrative privileges (SeDebugPrivilege). To allow Process Hacker
Note that by default, KSystemInformer only allows connections from
processes with administrative privileges (SeDebugPrivilege). To allow System Informer
to show details for all processes when it is not running as administrator:

1. In Registry Editor, navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\KProcessHacker3
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\KSystemInformer
2. Under this key, create a key named Parameters if it does not exist.
3. Create a DWORD value named SecurityLevel and set it to 2. If you are
not using an official build, you may need to set it to 0 instead.
4. Restart the KProcessHacker3 service (sc stop KProcessHacker3,
sc start KProcessHacker3).
4. Restart the KSystemInformer service (sc stop KSystemInformer,
sc start KSystemInformer).

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